“The idea is that ultimately, there is something interesting to be celebrated about every woman in the community,” says Evan Weiss-man, organizer of tonight’s “The Reconstructionists: Celebrating Badass Women and Community Scrapbooking.” Men and women of all ages are invited to enjoy snacks and craft stories of important women in…
Feminist scholar/fighter L.A. Jennings has seen her share of gender bias in the competitive arena. Now a retired a Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, Sanshou and MMA fighter, Jennings spends most of her time training both men and women at her Denver gym, Train. Fight. Win. But she’s also a scholar working…
From the moment we stepped out of the car last Friday night, we were three girls looking for a fight. Being in LoDo will do that do you: There’s an air of misbehavior that must be half the appeal of the place. My mom’s been an ER nurse for close…
Whether you’re Irish or just like to celebrate St. Patrick, there’s plenty to do in Denver this weekend. Green beer will be flowing in pubs across the city, but for an all-ages good time, try one of the concerts booked for the holiday. We’ve rounded up some of the best…
Artist Rachelle Beaudoin examines the female identity in popular culture using commercial icongraphy. Challenging what is presented as mainstream feminine sexuality, Beaudoin’s take on figure-shaping and labeling is as jarring as it is thought-provoking. This Saturday, March 16, Beaudoin will be performing selected pieces of her work, alongside poetry readings…
The Athena Project Festival starts a seventeen-day celebration of women playwrights at the Aurora Fox Arts Center tonight. Along with its emphasis on plays by women, the interactive festival will also feature female musicians, artists and fashion designers. See also: – Athena Project Festival’s “Plays in Progress” series represents female…
Prom is an important part of teenage life — and also a costly one. Saturday’s Prom Dress Exchange, in the suite level inside Dick’s Sporting Goods Park, wants to change that. Headed up by Prom Dress Exchange coordinator Laura Bauer, a handful of volunteer seamstresses and helpers will organize hundreds…
Grouper, which launches in Denver today, is the latest social networking site that aims to connect people with similar interests in a possibly romantic way. But Grouper founder and CEO Michael Waxman insists it’s not a traditional dating site; this “social club” tries to keep the Internet part of the…
Valerie Savarie’s Me, Myself and You, which opens Friday, March 15, at Zip 37, is an exploration of the artist’s relationship to the viewer. For this participatory show, Savarie is asking gallery visitors to share their reactions to her work, good or bad, on postcards that she plans on mailing…
Dutch photograph-collage artist Sebastiaan Bremer joins the citywide Month of Photography tonight when two of his works are displayed at the Dikeou Pop-Up Space. The public display of Bremer’s images — brought to Denver by the Dikeou Collection — adds an exciting element to the month-long celebration of both local…
Drink with friends, drink with strangers, or just drink with folks dressed in green at tonight’s official kickoff of the Green Kegs & Hammered St. Paddy’s Day Bar Crawl. Champion beer-tasters and marathon party-goers are invited to mark the start of the Irish holiday at Maloney’s Tavern, 1432 Market Street,…
“I like the idea of branching out and pairing artists. I wanted to see what kind of conversation could be created,” says Ariella Ruth, events coordinator at Counterpath Press. And there should be plenty of conversation at Counterpath tonight, when local poet Eric Baus and international performance artist Rachelle Beaudoin…
Fashion, art and fun will collide tonight when the Fake Fendi Social Bazaar takes over the Oriental Theater. This monthly dance party is all about breaking out of nightlife norms, with a marketplace — pop-up shops from design house UXU, pop artist Kasey Orr, accessory creators Broken Revolt and more…
In director Kyle Henry’s latest film, Fourplay, nothing is off limits, sexually speaking. But this isn’t some cheap porn flick: The movie delves into the oft-missed intimate details of a sexual narrative as the characters in four vignettes face many personal challenges. In advance of the film’s opening this Friday,…
Upstairs at the Mercury Café tonight, it’s all about local food as Sprout City Farms takes over with Sprout Down, a celebration of urban homesteading. A sliding-scale donation gets you two tickets to taste food from the Queen Anne Urban Bed & Breakfast, The Garden, Hanson’s and the Truffle Cheese…
It’s easy to be cynical. I would know — I spent a good decade of my life hating on others’ interests that I deemed uncool. For the most part, I’ve quit full-time cynicism, because it’s exhausting to be judgmental, not to mention it makes you boring and not fun to…
In the spirit of really open mic, tonight’s Baby Hair at the Deer Pile goes a step further and invites virtually any kind of performer to take the stage: Poets, writers, musicians and artists of all kinds can share their work during the Ides of March edition in this community…
The Family Feud format has always been good for kin-centered drama, and tonight’s live version at the Voodoo Comedy Playhouse should have plenty of it. Except that the members of the teams playing in this evening’s knock-off of the three-decade-old TV show aren’t related: The friendly competition will pit the…
Michael Gregory Mizanin, better known as pro-wrestler The Miz, made a name for himself as a cast member of 2001’s The Real World: Back to New York. But in the cade since then, the actor, TV host and professional wrestler has appeared on dozens of television shows and made a…
In Sigri Strand’s latest series, Conjuring the Sensation of the Sun, the photographer taps into a human’s relationship with food — but through the lens of science fiction. Part of the citywide Month of Photography, the resulting show opens Saturday, March 9 at GroundSwell, which just won a Westword MasterMind…
Before the talkies took over Hollywood, actors made the most of the silent screen. One of them was Joan Crawford, whose performance in 1928’s Our Dancing Daughters transformed her from a sideline player to an enduring star. The film plays tonight as part of the Vamp: Femme Fatales of the…
Never mind the lingering winter weather: Spring has sprung with the arrival of today’s Sugar Plum Bazaar. The two-day artisan market set inside the beautiful Parkside Mansion will be bursting with handmade items and vintage finds from vendors across the state. Selling one-of-a-kind jewelry pieces, up-cycled clothing, refurbished furniture and…
